Psalms 44:25
For we have sunk down to the dust, our bodies cling to the ground.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
In Context
24Why do you hide your face, forgetting our stress and our misery?
26Arise, come to our help: for your love’s sake, ransom us.
Cross References
Psalms 66:11You did bring us into prison, and put chains upon us,
Psalms 119:25I lie grovelling in the dust; revive me, as you have promised.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 44:18-26
Israel's Appeal to God. 17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; 19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; 21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the… Read the whole commentary →